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Nepalese activist

Anuradha Koirala (born Anuradha Gurung on 14 April 1949, in Kalingpong, India) is a social activist and the founder of Maiti Nepal, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping victims of sex trafficking.^[2] She was appointed as 1st Governor of Bagmati Province from (17 January 2018 – 3 November 2019) by the Government of Nepal.^[3]

Koirala was the first child of the colonel Pratap Singh Gurung and Laxmi Devi Gurung.

She belonged to an educated family and was educated at St Joseph Convent School.

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Before she started Maiti-Nepal, she spent 20 years as a teacher, teaching English in different schools in Kathmandu.

Maiti Nepal operates a rehabilitation home in Kathmandu, as well as transit homes at the Indo-Nepal border towns, preventive homes in the countryside, and an academy in Kathmandu.

Maiti Nepal ("Maiti" means "mother's home" in Nepali) has been a refuge for women rescued from the brothels in India. The women can s